New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-12

strength S 10 he action Of the weather the at
.ss o. rs Ss ss rs and the nvcstao
the fact by giving the Of da woods selected
from among an rpormon; nmm sTs simply those most
misr the investigator or which happened 10 10 o' Az
Of these woods resemble appearance and Qualities
MAHOGANY which latter wool 9ons ~ hs Yroeers OF
our own yellow pss and others resemble CLOSELY ue sX
am e peo en- ensty strength ela'ucity and durability
The OF elasticity hghre wien e ~ form is in
our common and half millions as ce a,
n,Iy in he best OF yellow pine In these tropical woots
the ngars often a aD Si The GoHus rup
inrr" which their va,ue Tor soh pamsvcrs,y
When Is in our best woods not Gar from 1000 OF Seu
are fonnd to eXtraoroary yane or may and
poses. They are heNeyer hard - Sy,H u.nInes,
The reached is that taere eS a. remafEaby
fae anailty aud tns Ind after few years ne our
iooE sesere most important saiesnsr asain't that TN"
Der famine which seems TO hang over our nc" % .,
TIE remaining papers were techncN 10 tne ias' 81
-,a win The xceuiion of one The American Sys
tenn OF Water Purihcat0r by Professor AptIs H. -, ,e
Though the 4pers were technical IN s secoM 49,! al
room was led the whole time, obviously Nv Pives %
men who realized TO the full the dement's arising n
thc a'soc,iion's meeting They Listened win enlhnS,
asm 10 the paper b. H. r. Eddy, OF Cincinnati whlch "a
upon Reaction Poygons and Ihcir g M com
6aison Of the ling movements and shraths stresses
In simle girflers and single IN ersccoh Irh5'' un 20
moving train ol vince Wr,En'S; ,i,ah,a yyeii aul
engineer present tn he pap'r o anntiolo weight "
P,prEs BEFORE THE GEOLOGICAL sEcTIoN'
Tn b action Of Geology and Geography there were no
paer OF general interest the public. save that on the
of New York CITY AMI its environs. by Professor
D. & Martin OF tnis city. This 4, well known In SUD
stance because IL is embodied in Appet0ns "uhie To
New-York Professor II. :. Williams. Of Cornell UnlVer1
sy. read tire opening paper on " me Dner'' wiyn"ne
DevOnian iu NOfh America fro11'so! y. IL w., -.
OF The University OF Michi gan, real paprr oh ,
n. and uulrtzite at the Aurora Minei iro'eS''r
f. Edgar of the Pennsylvania state SurVe1, It.1 O Do
the Potslam sandstone In southern Prhhs, lHanh
lessor Robert T. Hill, OF the University OF trN' TO-
some interesting notes on tie Texas section VI 'hr
i,n Crefacrous ami Dr. L. BrltfOn made an allnateu
and pleasing talk upon recent hrll work lh thc arc
Of Northern Ncw-Jersey aud ana southeastern
The vice president NJ this section Is Professor g. n ~
bert whose utere, paper On the doing, OF me inter
Tn%TSf ycslerliy Thlt paper dealt largely with the
nomenclature which 10 Il propD'ed 10 ADOPT anu ot va
conplrncnt TO him OF the geOiogiss adopted IN
tnc r1per 10 the great CONSERVATION Of IN nasl er'
who were lost OF possessing the necessary cie"
DISCUSSING BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY
The morning Of section +. the secon OF bod
~ wa. devoted to papers botany and the afternoon
ossio, ,o p,pers on zoology Flowers appeal to every
body and there were prob IDLY more young and more
fair faces seen in the morning at Section r
than IN any other part OF the meeilni v, inc
hr,t paper read was Notes on tie rl"iA % t' W
tinny Mountains" by Dr. " L. Brttoh' VI Ne"-hof"
lie sal ia part:
In Novrbsr 1854 called attention - the existence on
the Ettfaiinny Mountains number OF plant whose u
,arv nADitat j. The Aanc Casi. IN sly 7'i' an'
tlaf time hare make urhor K2l'auon o. as
reg on and can additional support TO toe Iosll
then sEen Inc nS' Pon The res nblaacs
pue nor'I, rem ~ ipiy ar afen' ne 1 f nv.
two rrzol- there ,tH'r range OF non an'
10 Inc Kttinny's whose hofA has many s-eo7 10 conon
with tie later the rsss al The Green Pond =
tenn rock ,ilc .ous c'ugoner"io much tesemo"s
that OF the ktiatlnHS.
John N. Coulter real paper on Development OF
the Bmb,lllret Fruit paper ioo~rh oy I,oov't ~,
Ii.clOw. OF Washington, On lln ,'uu'4'I -. , ,o
Front IN Champid Parvua. HaIo' Illustrated ~ ~
gruns AMI ,neemsn. paP'F ~ he y" nc ~, naper was
on study " the Hairs IN siiphuin fe io',uiH ana
Drpsocus lacpotus IN Relation 10 Insects ny W. j.;
the paper was As follows:
h,i hr, poat toward the tip Of me Leaf similar
air' were foaed ali along a. ud Tea h , orme 6y
irr Tey arc ul after any heavy dew These cups
PIX, and Girnr hat tis Du few we're easht
The nutrition the insects cansht cond 10 Dnt H'i'
water J, To- protect ant from crawling insects which II
g i erias n,e'is but upon tho plant. found
ants other ciAWl ~ animals
paper followed character OF the Injuries fIo-
dnce 10y Parasitic Fungi upon their Heart flants by
A. h. seymour The fOlOwiu- IL a hricf abstract;
laGs aTs tssr o e .,d. Et9', . ~ An
dvina cells SIZED - their food supply continuity aD'
1on Is Impaired Reluctol Of foot supply Te.Srn, mo
pr.rt Ibe ps.,sT. Of light som. chanEc Of
position tne host and loss A'oIAGs sigp'' "a
t,riion well IN aired vitality ioniil an' par n
known "a. double blossom caused Ia many sIAs.e'
@ 81 ~ rn. frns arccting Their appearance quality
DESTROYING them sitth van,ble plant, pssSnS M
apple IT. e. with re-, hls over,
cause is dlcnt To deioimihe A. s''
together
A nnper nv Enie A. sonthworth. entitled Note. on
CatapA Leaf spot Disease, closed the session on re
assembling paper wa, rec n tno Ihensor
Riley Of Washington; lie gave history OF tne u,se9V
cry the fect that the ieme,es are .ne " ,hn ye
larviform OF all known adult ih.eo's aug ,ne n, -,
technical OF ther structure based on suy OF
some hfty specimens from all parts oI Tue country a.
J. cook. OF Lansing real paper on '1 QUO, pi'oS ~
OF the Legs OF HymenopieOns insects Inc ci9sInB pa
per was by l.. -. cope Of Philadelphia, on " The SIC
cnanical origin OF the or Teeth OF the CarhVora
| The following - an outline;
The primitive OF all manmalia was to have me
teeth Ia both Jaws triangular In sections and Alternating Ia
position Ia The process Of evlntah ihs hnds, se 100
strike s tooth aud caG.S % w To s Rs
Moene Ind the triangular parts have IN oha 20
ssa IL, 'e 'T ee secona Tooth Is explained follow,
Siuco tho lower canine tooth SINUS An'spr 70 .n9
hee WI DO ssn., tns crow, Of mn a..
superior ls,th Thu, sharnS mqso Tgs No.
triangle beol pushed continually forward and been rs
ned to very . aSo odnre definite results and va
riaons accounted for which cannot DO Ny theory
natural selection
ABORIGINAL VILLAGES IN NEw-YoRK STATE.
Section H. which il devoted the many sciences that
have mankind for their subject had largo audience In
The morning The vice-charman was DR.. ID. O. Brinton
Of Media Penn distinguished scholar in the extinct
| American languages. Inc opening paper III inc morn
ing was by the REV. DR.. w. M.'Beanctamp aud his sub
jcct was Aboriginal villages In New-lorK state lie
| said:
Some OF the finest Now-York relies not found on
closed sites but belonged early travellers residents IN
open villages Many articles found on open SITES quite com
monty forts; and Tho open villages dineI
other This does not prove that they were
| contempOraneOua karly NeW-1Ork earth
works rectangular but stOckade,
often o FORM bong recent Palisades were
supported by OF earth but these
placed m and parapes III my bound together
When the Indians got new IDEAS aud tools
The whites tho details OF forts and OF warfare soon
| usually occupied but a lew
OF ted by
Iln French change, must be nsiiero Ia estimates
OF age and population forts occur
Digging necessary trenches was less laborous Than sup
for pals es continuous trench were made not
separate holes PROBABLY hal gates
earbworks but they have oon Deen overlooked In tho
highland. long ami Oiion
three wii- and usually with tho houses in